STAAR Vocabulary

purpose

• reason

• part

• message

• different

effect

• problem

• put in order

• what happened; outcome

• can happen

A _______ tells additional information about the photograph or illustration.

• caption

• stanza

• selection

• bold print

I can ______ she is hungry because she is. making herself a snack.

• infer

• metaphor

• imagery

What does the prefix "un-" in the word "unhappy" mean?

• Not

• Under

• Before

• With

Point out or show.

• Motivate

• Evaluate

• Establish

• Indicate

What is the meaning of the word "benevolent" in the sentence: "The benevolent queen helped her people during difficult times."

• Angry

• Kind

• Sad

• Confused

Mario had been feeding him all the things he liked himself, but now it occurred to him that what was good for a boy might not be right for a cricket. So he made up his mind to take the matter to an expert. Late one afternoon, Mario cleaned up the cricket cage and took Chester the cricket to Mr. Fong's pet shop.

Read the dictionary definition for the word matter.

Which definition best fits the way the word matter is used in paragraph 1?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

The word “pigment” in the fourth line of the paragraph means

• paint

• plaster

• color

• dye

What vocabulary word means something that proves or disproves something; proof

• temerity

• dogmatic

• evidence

• extraneous